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legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-82/section-6953.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "42 U.S.C. § 6953"
+description: "Development of markets for recovered materials"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "82"
+chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
+section: "6953"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6953"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6953"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 6953 - Development of markets for recovered materials
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Commerce shall within two years after September 1, 1979, take such actions as may be necessary to—
+
+(1) identify the geographical location of existing or potential markets for recovered materials;
+
+(2) identify the economic and technical barriers to the use of recovered materials; and
+
+(3) encourage the development of new uses for recovered materials.
+
+(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5003, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2821; amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 21(b), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2346.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1980—Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “September 1, 1979” for “October 21, 1976”.